Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786301801720
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 6301801725
Label: Fox Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Fox Home Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Fox Home Entertainment
Release Date: 1985-05-24
Running Time: 104
Studio: Fox Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 1967

Customer Rating:
Summary: flim flam man
Comment: Fabulous acting and inspiring about points in life where people have to choose what sort of values they want to live by. It also shows the mass poverty suffered by the us in the past.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: A Place In My Heart
Comment: Like most of the people reviewing The Flim Flam Man I feel like I personally connected with this movie. Its about a time, place and people that no longer exist and even back in 1967 I'm sure it was just dismissed as rural humor not up to the standards of urban folks. But as a young man growing up in Iowa I very much related to the male lead whose name I believe is Curly. He is a young man unable to fit into the world around him and is lead further astray by an old con man who despite his many crimes is a very sympathetic character. He needs Curly in order to survive but begins treating him like a son. Curly is torn between his affection for the old man and his desire to be a normal law-abiding human. Curly's saving grace is the young beautiful daughter of a man whose car is stolen by the flim flaming duo. She leads Curley back to the straight and narrow along with the forgiving nature of small town America in which a man can still redeem himself - couldn't happen in todays world. It doesn't surprise or bother me that very few care about this forgotten little gem. I just hope that when I die I can walk onto the set of The Flim Flam Man and never return.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: A Hidden Jewel
Comment: I don't own this movie but I have seen it a number of times and it is great! I highly recommend it. Better yet, I have a small personal connection to the film. At the very beginning of the film you will see a train entering a small town. That town is my hometown of Midway, KY which is near Lexington. Beautiful country. While the beginning of the movie was being filmed I was in my mid teens in and I was on location for the filming. I never forgot that event and I always make sure that I see the very beginning of the film to re-live that event. Great film.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Instructive and entertaining
Comment: This movie should be required for anyone who is going into sales. It is one of George C. Scott's finest, and most unappreciated films. Slim Pickens also makes a great appearance. It is a cinema text book on psychology.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Flim flam me
Comment: When this movie shows up on TV, I try to catch the opening just to hear the tender, lilting theme song as General Patton... I mean... crippled Mordecai the Flim Flam Man picks up his meager belongings spread alongside the train tracks, aided by a young army deserter who will become his student and uncertain ally in the world of the con game.

It's all set in the South but there's hardly a real Southerner in the cast (hell... Michael Sarrazin was from Quebec). Still, they all do a credible job and the dialog lilts much like the music.

And what a cast! The supporting actors provide more life and dimension then usual and they keep this film from becoming derailed by George C Scott's blustery caricature. Sad to say, this was Sue Lyon's last good role (despite coming early in her career). As in her earlier work, she shows a spirit to match her amazing looks. But this time, she isn't a tease. She's the girl you'd take home to meet the family.

There are just enuf drab scenes to keep this movie from attaining greatness. On the plus side, it has a lush, pastoral look (Irvin Kershner directed and Charles Lang d.p.'d), evocative music by Jerry Goldsmith, and a car chase that you may never forget. So it should be a 5-starrer for the first time viewer. A 4-starrer for old acquaintances.

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